spar buoy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Here she hung a while, stern high in air, like a huge, weighted spar buoy.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 11, 2012
A glance in the direction indicated showed the boys an object like a spar buoy apparently standing upright in the water.
From Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
A shrill cry now came from one of the crew in the yawl alongside the spar buoy, followed instantly by the clear, ringing order, "GO AHEAD!"
From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
With that squall rushing from the eastward and the tide making flood, any man who would leave the protection of the spar buoy for the purpose of unloading was fit for a lunatic asylum.
From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
A lighted buoy," he replied; "a spar buoy with an incandescent lamp of one hundred candle power.
From Elsie at the World's Fair by Finley, Martha
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